
wyrd
see weird.
Examples from the Web for wyrd Historical Examples of wyrd
But Wyrd forbade him to seize any more of men on earth after that evening.
Beowulf
Anonymous
Nine there were of them, for Wyrd is gracious to the man who is valiant and unafraid.
Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Maud Isabel Ebbutt
To these their mother, Wyrd, the primitive goddess of fate, added: “With joy once more won.”
Myths of the Norsemen
H. A. Guerber
A belief in Wyrd, the mighty power controlling the destinies of men, is the chief religious motive of the epic.
English Literature
William J. Long
In the “Beowulf” it is said:—“Wyrd often keeps alive the man who is not destined to die, if his courage is equal to the occasion.”
Anglo-Saxon Literature
John Earle